This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

A building so large that it has its own weather.